Boston Post Sept 25 1919 general notices and masthead
The Boston Post issues rates and subscription details for daily and Sunday editions, including prices for U S Canada and foreign copies, mailing notes, and office addresses. It notes editorial and departments roles and cites claim of large daily morning circulation.
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NC 4 Flying Returns to Boston in Naval Recruiting Push
The NC4 and its original crew, first to cross the Atlantic, arrive in Boston this week to aid naval recruiting. Massachusetts honors Lieutenant-Commander Albert C Read, a native son who directed the historic flight, and locals are urged to show appreciation.
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Commonwealth
Milk committee weighs powdered milk to ease city distress
Governor appointed fair price milk committee holds sessions in New York to study distributing good quality milk to metropolitan residents. A leading milk company urged educating consumers to use powdered milk and delivering it in paper packages to cut wagons and cans noise and delivery costs.
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Separate Work Force at Charlestown Navy Yard
Congress cut Navy Department estimates forcing layoff of workers at Charlestown. Some may transfer to Mare Island or Puget Sound yards on the Pacific coast but must pay own travel costs. Question raised if the government can cover relocation for workers discharged through no fault of their own.
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Uncle Sam
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America
French hatred of the Hun curbs concert in Paris
The piece notes postwar French hostility to Germany, citing a cancelled Tuileries Gardens concert after letters warned of crowd disruption if Wagner music played. It contrasts earlier Prussian gains with current sentiment as France laments ruined cathedrals and destroyed land.
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Critique of a Woman’s Bitter Feelings Toward Wagner
The passage voices a sharp, unresolved bitterness toward Wagner's genius, questioning whether blame can rest on a woman who has not yet experienced greatness. It implies a clash between emotion and artistic achievement in a Victorian or romantic context.
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England’s tribunal system trims profiteering prices
English authorities trial a tribunal system to curb profiteering and force price cuts. Signs in shops report rapid downward revisions especially for clothing hats suits and shoes. Fifteen to twenty local tribunals expected near London. complainants must prove their cases or face fines while details of procedure remain unclear.
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A Lesson in Ruin From the Pocahontas Departure
The steamship Pocahontas sails from Hoboken to Rotterdam with hundreds aboard including 1300 German sailors returned from Fort McPherson. The piece argues German wartime destruction ruined investments and industries, now seen as auctioned assets and lost opportunities, and suggests a broader moral on wartime leadership.
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Ford Gold Mine and the Rise of Henry Ford
The piece lauds Henry Ford for turning a vision into vast wealth, noting Mayor James Couzens bought into Ford’s idea and later earned massive returns. It highlights Ford’s brainpower, capital mobilization, and the ironic arc of acquiring the fruits of his own invention in open markets.
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Moving day woes curb with new New York movers ordinance
New York City aldermen pass a moving crew ordinance governing October 1 relocations. The law sets rates from 1.75 to 3.50 per hour, demands a minimum speed of three miles per hour, and limits crews to four men per job. The measure aims to curb extortion by furniture movers and may attract attention from other cities.
Air power and national strength hinge on aviation support
The piece argues America must seize the air era to secure defense and prosperity. It warns against private indecision in aviation policy and stresses that heavier and lighter than air inventions hold the key to peace and economic growth.
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Nation urged to adopt fixed air policy for future security
A call stresses air power as essential to national strength, arguing America must implement a definite forward looking programme. It warns that air appropriations may surpass army and navy spending, signaling a shift in defense priorities.
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Plumbs theory on labor strikes sparks economic critique
Senate testimony by Glenn E. Plumb argues strikes should cut living costs rather than raise wages. The piece rebuts his plan to lower rail rentals via strike and to force Steel profits down, warning price cuts could wreck competitive firms and harm many workers.
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Birthday Bio Briefs for Armand Duke de Richelieu
Armand Emmanuel Du Plessis duc de Richelieu born September 25 1766 in Paris. Grand-nephew of a great cardinal Armand Jean Du Plessis. Raised the Richelieu name to prominence. Married at 15 to a deformed girl of 12 who did not survive. Served in the Russian army at age 2 with a prince friend. Summoned by Louis XVI and later governed Odessa by request of the Czar. Odess a grew from a village to a city during his 11 years as governor. He fled with Louis XVIII during Napoleon’s return and settled in Russia where he was well liked. Died of apoplexy in his fifties.
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Twelve More Steamers to Be Divided Among Allies
New York report states twelve American owned steamships valued over 10 million dollars and totaling 70 thousand deadweight tons, owned by a German subsidiary of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, were ordered from German ports to the Firth of Forth for allocation among allied nations at war with Germany.
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Pumpkin Pie Revival Trick Reported From Bucyrus
A Bucyrus Ohio despatch notes a farmer revived from a faint by pressing his face into a large cold pumpkin pie. The piece touts pumpkin pie as a household remedy for swoons and contrasts it with smelling salts, urging households to keep pies ready for emergencies.
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Caught in Her Nest and a Hen Breeder’s Testimonial
A Cornish reader forwards a Detroit man’s testimonial praising a hen breeder for prolific egg production. The letter humorously describes multiple daily eggs and an amused wife, followed by requests to reprint a nostalgic verse from a past All Sorts column circa 1906–1911, with a note of appreciation from Harold.
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Two Minute Talks for Americans by Charles Franklin Jones
Boston writer Charles Franklin Jones argues postwar society demands loyalty. He urges that Americans support lawful dissent, vote through the ballot, and reject lawless schemes from Bolshevists IWW and Anarchists. He emphasizes the American plan of free speech and free ballots.
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Boston
Pilgrims and Puritans in Early American History
Three hundred years ago, settlers debated leaving home and sailed aboard the Mayflower to the new world. By November 21, 1620 they landed at Plymouth and, by December, prepared a settlement that would shape colonial America. The piece clarifies the distinction between Pilgrims and Puritans and notes key locations and commemorations of 1920.
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Fragments Chronicle War Era Figures and Royal Visitors
The letter prints mockingly questions the feasibility of reprinting scattered clippings and lists notable reads about Harold and others. It highlights George D. Harrington of Lexington, Olive Thomas with Jack Ford, Willis C. in Nahant, Dr Irvin J Morgan named Portland organist, Countess Marina Loschi, and young Princess Yolande among royal circles.
Dr. Burch Elected Bishop of New York Diocese
Dr. Burch, newly elected Protestant Episcopal bishop of the New York diocese, was ordained at 40 and is now 64, six feet tall and robust. He hails from Pinckney Michigan and was a newspaper editor before ordination. The article also notes the Italian poet Gabriele D Annunzio as a romantic figure for raiding Fiume on his own account.
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The Voice in the Dark by Holworthy Hall opens next Sunday
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine previews its top fiction offering The Voice in the Dark by Holworthy Hall. This serial is billed as part of a series of masterpieces by the world’s leading writers, expanding the magazines literary lineup.
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